Rolf Hochhuth, the controversial German dramatist whose play “The Deputy” sparked protests and ignited an ongoing reappraisal of Pope Pius XII’s World War II-era legacy, died May 13 at his home in ...
His play “The Deputy,” from 1963, took issue with Pius XII’s stance toward Nazi atrocities and caused a furor. “The theater,” Susan Sontag wrote, “is courtroom.” By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim Rolf ...
COMMENTARY: No doubt, one can hope for the Lord’s mercy for Rolf Hochhuth, and for Pius XII’s prayers. Author Rolf Hochhuth attends the Bertelsmann Party on Sept. 28, 2005 at Bertelsmann House in ...
At the conclusion of five short acts, the flag of the European Union is burning on stage and a demonstrator shouts: “A lack of imagination and submissiveness towards our master, the US, has led us ...
The Vatican will publish its fifth volume next month in a series of documents concerning its peace efforts in World War II and its resistance to Nazi-Fascist attempts to use the Holy See for their own ...
“THIS IS A HATE PLAY”—Poster carried by member of the American Nazi Party at the Broadway premiere of the play. … NOT A “HATE SHOW” but a “shift the blame show.” [Hochhuth] does not spare the Germans, ...
The controversial playwright, Rolf Hochhuth, has called upon the Mayor and the Senate of Berlin to establish a memorial to the Jewish victims of Nazism at the villa on Grosser Wannsee street where, in ...
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